The Heat lead the best-of-seven East semifinals 3-2, with Game 6 in Indiana on Thursday night.

"This is our challenge right now, to leave it behind us," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "A lot of good things tonight, but we have to focus on the next one."

Paul George scored 11 points for Indiana, with starting forwards Danny Granger and David West adding 10 points apiece. Granger left with a sprained left ankle in the third quarter, and West left with what the Pacers called a left knee sprain at the end of that period. X-rays on Granger were negative, and he's listed as day-to-day.

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"We learned early in this series, you don't get two wins for a blowout," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said.

The Pacers made Wade see blood early on, a couple of early flagrant fouls reminding everyone that these teams don't seem to like each other much.

Even after facing the big deficit, Indiana had two shots to tie or take the lead late in the first half, the second of those a 3-point try from Granger with 3:03 remaining.

It didn't go down. He did.

Granger landed on James' foot after the shot, spraining his left ankle and leaving the game.

Granger returned for about three minutes in the second half, before realizing his ankle wasn't going to let him continue.

By then, Indiana was ailing, Miami was rolling.

It was an 11-point game when Granger departed early in the third quarter, and the Heat outscored the Pacers by 21 points the rest of the way.

The margin was as big as 37 points in the final moments.

By the end of the third quarter, Miami's lead was 76-57, and the Pacers were down another starting forward. West left at the end of the period and also headed to the locker room, diagnosed shortly afterward with a sprained left knee.

After losing two of the first three games of the series, the Heat are in control once again - and are one win from the East finals.